pituitaire
French, adjective/pi.tɥi.tɛʁ/
pituitaire is spelled P-I-T-U-I-T-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pituitaire is a French adjective meaning “pituitary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la pituite”.
What does pituitaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pituitary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la pituite. 2. Qui est affecté par la pituite. 3. Hypophysaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pituitaire
- pituitaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pituitaire?
- /pi.tɥi.tɛʁ/
- \pi.tɥi.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pituitaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pituitaire in French?
pituitaire appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).